ideologue

noun

🔊/ˈaɪdiəlɒɡ/

🔊/ˈaɪdiəlɔːɡ/

(also ideologist

🔊/ˌaɪdiˈɒlədʒɪst/

🔊/ˌaɪdiˈɑːlədʒɪst/

)

(formal, sometimes disapproving)

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a person whose actions are influenced by belief in a set of principles (= by an ideology理论家；思想家；空想家)Topics Politicsc2
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French idéologue; see also ideology.